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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
I keep seeing posts that say ... 'do not
read this or that.' Those posts use up more time and effort than the supposedly 'bad' posts, which I usually do not get anyhow! Do we have to 'discuss' these ad infinum? Maybe the less said the better? Could we just silently ignore what we don't like and move on? Wondering in VA/ PAT |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
Pat I agree. These folks are obviously getting their jollies from our
outrage and shockedness. (is that a word?) If you want to know the truth, I find it hysterical that the troll has actually gone to the trouble to put quilting into the smut. Is this a new genre of literature being born? Quilt Smut....they'll be studying it in literature classes 40 years from now. LOL. But I agree that the best way to stop the t rolls is to ignore them completely. They thrive on attention and shock. Sunny Pat in Virginia wrote: I keep seeing posts that say ... 'do not read this or that.' Those posts use up more time and effort than the supposedly 'bad' posts, which I usually do not get anyhow! Do we have to 'discuss' these ad infinum? Maybe the less said the better? Could we just silently ignore what we don't like and move on? Wondering in VA/ PAT |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:39:30 -0400, Pat in Virginia
wrote: I keep seeing posts that say ... 'do not read this or that.' Those posts use up more time and effort than the supposedly 'bad' posts, which I usually do not get anyhow! Do we have to 'discuss' these ad infinum? Maybe the less said the better? Could we just silently ignore what we don't like and move on? Wondering in VA/ PAT You said it, Pat. It's plenty easy enough to tell by the author column of a news reader program that it is the troll and not a usual poster. Kill files also help in avoiding reading the obnoxious posts. I'm not sure why some of the regular posters keep opening the troll's posts and then calling such attention to them. After all, it is just a first year college student, away from home for the first time in his or her life, trying to cause a stir. I think it's truly pitiful since obviously the child can't think of anything better to do for fun than try to harass other people while remaining in hiding. It's rather like a schoolboy with a pea shooter firing it at grown-ups while they aren't looking. That student really needs to go outside his or her room and have some real fun with other students but is either too lazy, or too afraid of face to face meetings with people, to do so. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
Debra wrote:
It's plenty easy enough to tell by the author column of a news reader program that it is the troll and not a usual poster. It's not always that easy. I use Mozilla Thunderbird. In the "Sender" column, I see the screen names, not the e-mail ID; for example, messages from me say "Julia in MN", yours shows up as "Debra". The recent troll used screen names of some of the regulars around here, so it was hard to tell from that. However, when I opened a troll message, I could see that the e-mail address in the "From" field was unfamiliar, so I could choose at that point to go on to the next message. When I did come across a "troll" message, it was easy to set up a filter so that I wouldn't see another one from the same e-mail. Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
When I see the first few words of one, I simply think 'ho-hum', click 'block
sender' and move on. I agree with Pat. It's just not worth anything more. Polly |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:25:24 -0500, Julia in MN
wrote: Debra wrote: It's plenty easy enough to tell by the author column of a news reader program that it is the troll and not a usual poster. It's not always that easy. I use Mozilla Thunderbird. In the "Sender" column, I see the screen names, not the e-mail ID; for example, messages from me say "Julia in MN", yours shows up as "Debra". The recent troll used screen names of some of the regulars around here, so it was hard to tell from that. However, when I opened a troll message, I could see that the e-mail address in the "From" field was unfamiliar, so I could choose at that point to go on to the next message. When I did come across a "troll" message, it was easy to set up a filter so that I wouldn't see another one from the same e-mail. Julia in MN Sorry Julia. Every Usenet reader I've used over the years has shown the whole address of the sender in the from column so I thought all of them did. I consider that important information as it often determines if I download the message or just delete the header from the start. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:03:18 GMT, Debra wrote: On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:25:24 -0500, Julia in MN wrote: Debra wrote: It's plenty easy enough to tell by the author column of a news reader program that it is the troll and not a usual poster. It's not always that easy. I use Mozilla Thunderbird. In the "Sender" column, I see the screen names, not the e-mail ID; for example, messages from me say "Julia in MN", yours shows up as "Debra". The recent troll used screen names of some of the regulars around here, so it was hard to tell from that. However, when I opened a troll message, I could see that the e-mail address in the "From" field was unfamiliar, so I could choose at that point to go on to the next message. When I did come across a "troll" message, it was easy to set up a filter so that I wouldn't see another one from the same e-mail. Julia in MN Sorry Julia. Every Usenet reader I've used over the years has shown the whole address of the sender in the from column so I thought all of them did. I consider that important information as it often determines if I download the message or just delete the header from the start. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To read or not to read ... that is the question.
Love those blocking thingys!! I think of them as "killfiles" but don't know
the technical term. Sure does cut out a lot of spam, porn and other objectionable material. -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "polly esther" wrote in message ink.net... When I see the first few words of one, I simply think 'ho-hum', click 'block sender' and move on. I agree with Pat. It's just not worth anything more. Polly |
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